Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“RED HORECA”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wanze · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fédération nationale des Hôteliers, Restaurateurs, Cafetiers et Entreprises assimilées de Belgique - Nat. Hotelhouders restauranthouders Caféhouders · Brussel · since 1977
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Groothandel in machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Institut bruxellois francophone pour la Formation professionnelle (Franstalig Brussels Instituut voor Beroepsopleiding) · Vocational training · Ukkel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van Herbergiers, Hotel en Restauratiehouders van het Waasland · Sint-Niklaas · since 1941
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Aalst · since 1969
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Izegem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of LIMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT · Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Pitta Marmaris · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2023
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Royale Entente Cycliste Acrenoise · Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Lessines · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Herstal · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of CHAMIDES · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Seraing · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Boekenhuisje · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Quaregnon · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Aiseau-Presles · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Visé · since 2025
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Brussel · since 2026
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Quaregnon · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of GRD INVEST · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sprimont · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Châtelet · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · since 2019
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · Lokeren · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2022
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Production of cinema films · Brussel · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2021